In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, this Project Mercury test on Feb. 21, 1961, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury ...

In the era of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Artemis I, it can be easy to forget rocket science is, well, just that. Before our modern understanding of the ins and outs of spaceflight, pioneers like Walter ...

Following on the heels of Bonhams' recent sale of spacesuits and related items, Nate D Sanders Auctions is offering another vintage piece of Space Race memorabilia. The bidding has opened for an ...

The launch pad used by the first United States astronauts to enter orbit around Earth may soon be revived as an engineering classroom for a new generation of rocket builders, where laid off space ...

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...

Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, the "Mercury Seven" member set out on the agency's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission ...

The May 15, 1963 launch of the Mercury Atlas 9 Earth-orbital space mission carried astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. into orbit around Earth. The flight made 22 orbits of the planet in just over 34 ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn set out on NASA's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard Friendship 7. NASA/Andy Saunders; Digital Source: Stephen Slater Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) — Drivers in parts of Ohio might have seen an actual rocket being transported to the Miami Valley. Ohio State Highway Patrol Matt Bruning, press secretary for the Ohio Department ...

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, the United States launched its fifth astronaut into space. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. rode his one-man Mercury spacecraft atop an Atlas rocket to orbit on Oct. 3, ...

Nearly three years after lifting off from French Guiana, the BepiColombo space probe has now set its sights on Mercury for the first time, completing a "flawless" flyby over the weekend. The maneuver ...

It was a nuclear missile before it was a space rocket. Now, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has welcomed a restored replica to its permanent collection, and you can see it today after three ...